Jovita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hoh-VEE-ta
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Jovita is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “of Jove (Jupiter)”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Jovita mean?
Latin: from the Latin name Jovita, via Spanish
“of Jove (Jupiter)”
Saints Faustinus and Jovita, brothers martyred in the 2nd century, are the patron saints of Brescia in Italy.
Is Jovita a girl's or a boy's name?
Jovita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jovita in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Jovita, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 4 girls.
2025 had more girls named Jovita than any year since 2008.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Jovita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Jovita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Jovita, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1930, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1903.
Half of all the girls named Jovita in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jovita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,850 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,457 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1983 | 39 | #2,397 |
| 1982 | 38 | #2,492 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,231 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 42 | #2,273 |
| 1978 | 41 | #2,237 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,026 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,545 |
| 1975 | 43 | #2,023 |
| 1974 | 33 | #2,348 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,223 |
| 1972 | 32 | #2,311 |
| 1971 | 34 | #2,296 |
| 1970 | 36 | #2,203 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,454 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,307 |
| 1965 | 32 | #2,064 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,070 |
| 1963 | 33 | #2,060 |
| 1962 | 28 | #2,263 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,741 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,952 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,880 |
| 1958 | 56 | #1,416 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,549 |
| 1956 | 41 | #1,661 |
| 1955 | 49 | #1,444 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,376 |
| 1953 | 52 | #1,343 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,468 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,664 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,793 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,468 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,328 |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,487 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,918 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,449 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,697 |
| 1943 | 51 | #1,123 |
| 1942 | 23 | #1,759 |
| 1941 | 45 | #1,101 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,374 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,160 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,182 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,160 |
| 1936 | 40 | #1,115 |
| 1935 | 50 | #974 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,098 |
| 1933 | 40 | #1,102 |
| 1932 | 37 | #1,176 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,148 |
| 1930 | 62 | #926 |
| 1929 | 57 | #951 |
| 1928 | 56 | #994 |
| 1927 | 57 | #1,010 |
| 1926 | 52 | #1,032 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,409 |
| 1924 | 54 | #1,058 |
| 1923 | 40 | #1,231 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,508 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,625 |
| 1920 | 36 | #1,282 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,690 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,922 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,622 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,547 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,363 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
Names like Jovita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jovita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jovita, updated 20 October 2026.